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SHERWOOD DAVID KREIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 31, 1947 – September 29, 1968
Service recordSherwood David Kreis, of Midlothian, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Midlothian, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 40
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- JOHN EDDIE GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEJANDRO BIRRI BAGASOLSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 38
- ROBERT DONALD NOELLSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 42
From Midlothian
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS RACINESpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
- DALE LEONARD KAGEBEINLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.